Beyond the Rhetoric

It’s the leap year edition of What’s Up Wednesdays! As we take a look back at the month of February, we find that many of the “top thinkers” have remained unchanged from January’s list. These are the folks who consistently post the greatest number of comments here on Beyond the Rhetoric and I am very [...]

In the old economy, you could pick up a single skill or learn how to a single task, and that could be your career for decades. It was not uncommon for someone to have the same job from the time they graduated from high school all the way up to their retirement. But times have [...]

I have been a freelance writer for more than six years. Over that time, I have spent thousands upon thousands of hours in front of the computer. Some days, my eyes are glued to the screen for 15 hours or more. While there is nothing I enjoy more than writing, something happened to me late [...]

“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” It’s like what Jerry Seinfeld once said during one of his monologues: Men aren’t interested in what is on TV; they’re interested in what else is on TV. We all have a habit of getting caught up in other things. As I sit [...]

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) I’m always a little apprehensive about remakes, but when I heard that David Fincher was going to be at the helm, I was immediately intrigued by this movie. Considering how much I enjoyed the original Swedish film, this American version had some pretty big shoes to fill. And [...]